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STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

No. 433,324. Patented July 29, 1890.

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MARTIN I. BUTZEL, OF SAUGERTIES, NEIV YORK, AND JOHN L. JACOBS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,324, dated July 29, 1890. Application filed January 23,1890. Serial No, 337,857. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MARTIN I. BUTZEL, of Saugerties, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, and JOHN L. JACOBS, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to store-service apparatus adapted for transmitting either cash or parcels from one place to another, and for re turning the same to the point of departure; and it consists in a carrier-track pivoted intermediate of its ends, whereby its degree of inclination can be reversed so that the carrier, after traveling from one end to the other of the downwardly-inclined track, can be caused to travel back to its point of departure by the reversal of the inclination of the track upon its pivot.

It also consists in the improved construction of the tilting carrier-track and in the improved construction and arrangement of the parts of the carrier, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the tilting track and the carrier. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged detail elevation showing the carrier and one end of the tilting track, the spring-inclosing tubes of the carrier being shown in section. Fig. 8 represents ELVQIlEICiLl section of the tilting track, taken in the line 3 y of Fig. 1. Fig. i represents a section taken in the line a: a; of Fig. 2. is a top view of the basket or holding receptacle of the carrier. Fig. 6 represents a section taken in the line 00a: of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, the line A represents the ceiling of the store, and IS a hanger attached to the said ceiling, and to one side of the lower end of the hanger B is pivoted at C the carrier-track C, as shown in Fig. 6. The carrier-track is preferably formed of two metal bars a a, which are connected at their ends by a cross-plate g and provided with the guidingstuds Z) Z), which are held in the slot 0 of the guiding-hangers D D. The bars a a intermediate of their ends are held parallel to each other by means of the ties d cl, which are offset to one side to allow the passage of the wheels n n of the carriage along the track, as shown in Fig. 3. The track 0 is braced and prevented from sagging at its ends by means of the wire 6, which is firmly attached to the opposite ends of the trackO and passes through the upper end of the standard f. To the ends of the track 0 are attached the operating-cords h, which pass over the roller t' of the hangers D D, the lower end of the cord It being provided with a ringj.

To the under side of the upper bar a, at each end of the track, is attached a catchspring 7o, as shown in Fig. 2, the said spring serving to hold the carriage F in position at the end of'the carrier-track O by engagement with the wheel n or n. The carrier F is made with a T-formed bar m, to the side of which are attached the wheels n n, the said wheels being provided with the circumferential groove 0, adapted to receive the track-bar a, as shown in Fig. 3, and to the pendent arm 19 of the bar on is attached the'cross bar q, and to the lower end of the arm 19 is attached the circular cover 0", the cross-bar q and cover r being also connected to each other by means of the tubes Z Z. To the opposite ends of the cross-bar 12, within the tubes Z Z, are attached the spiral springs s s, to the lower end of which is attached the wire basket or receptacle G, the resilience of the said springs serving to hold the receptacle G firmly against the bottom of the cover r.

The end to of the pivoted carrier-track C being located near a sales-counter of the store and the end w at the cashiers desk, the salesman desiring to transmit the cash received from a customer to the cashier for change first pulls down the basket G against the resilience of the springs s s and deposits the money therein, allowing the basket to be again brought to its seat under the cover I" by means of the resilient action of the springs s 8. Then by pulling downward upon the cord h, which passes over the roller t', the end w of the tilting track 0 will be raised, so that when the stud I) has reached the not-ch u at the upper end of the slot 0 of the guiding-hanger D the side of the stud b will enter the said notch and serve to hold the track C in a down- 'wardly-inclined position toward the desk of and upon the upward movement of the end w of the trackO from the horizontal position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the end 4) of the bar m will press against the inclined surface so of 5 the hanger and force the carrier F forward,

so that the wheel n, which is shown as partially broken away in Fig. 2, will, be fireed; from 5 center and having-a spring thereon at its end engagement with the catch-spring 70-, and the carrier will. then travel down the inclined IO track from the end 20 to the end w at the desk of the cashier, and after removing the cash from the receptacle G and inserting the proper amount of change therein the cashier pulls downward upon the cord h, thus forcing 15 the stud b at the end w out of the notch u, f wherein it has been slightly retained; and tilting the track 0 to an oppositely-inclined position, in which the stud b at the end 10" will enter the retaining-notch u of the guid 1 ing-hanger D. The carrier will then be re- 20 0f the track and will travel by gravity to the end w, the original point of departure, at' the sales-counter.

We claim as our invention 2 5 h comb na io o ac p v ted at its for holding the carriage, a guide at the said end of the track having an inclined surface,

.Whereby the carriage will be forced past the 30 spring, and a carrier mounted on the said track, as described.

MARTIN I. BUTZEL. JOHN L; JACOBS.

Witnesses:

THOS. B. KEENEY, JOHN S. LYND. 

